The song Paraiso by Smokey Mountain is a song dedicated to a land called "Paraiso" which literally translates "Paradise". But ironic to its name, paraiso is actually a poor place where people live. However, we can infer that the singer or writer per se called the land paraiso as he/she grew up in this place and he/she has been wanting to return to this place but in dilemma of course due to the land's current unlivable situation.
It can also be clearly heard that the song calls for help that their Paraiso, our Paraiso, be saved and be revived from its unfortunate situation.
[Verse 1
]
Return to a land called Paraiso
A place where a dying river ends
No birds dare fly over Paraiso
No space allows them to endure
The smoke that screens the air
The grass that's never there
- As the first verse speaks, this land where no birds dare to stay and where the smoke is very inevitable, where greens like trees or plants don't even grow because of the unhealthy living place it actually is.
[Chorus
]
Paraiso, help me make a stand
Paraiso, take me by the hand
Paraiso, make the world understand
- The chorus of the songs then, speaks out loud how it cries out loud, asking for help, asking for aid that Paraiso be saved and be once more livable and healthy place to stay in.
ABOUT THE GROUP
Paraiso, a song released in 1991, is the second studio album by the Filipino group called Smokey Mountain.
The group actually went through a major change before the release of their second album. Original members, Tony Lambino and Jeffrey Hidalgo left the group and Geneva Cruz pursued a solo career instead. With this, founder and director Ryan Cayabyab held auditions to fill in the missing members of the group. He then found Shar Santos, Chedi Vergara and Jayson Angangan together with the group's original member James Coronel. These four recorded the song, Paraiso and other songs included in the second album.
You may read more about the speaker of the song here:
- https://brainly.ph/question/268633
- https://brainly.ph/question/269357
